Top Calif. Judge Faces Backlash Over Gay 'Marriage'
- Associated Press
- Aug 13, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator.
But his unlikely legacy as gay rights pioneer was sealed May 15, when he heard the roar of a crowd gathered below his office as his majority decision legalizing same-sex "marriage" was announced.
Now, the law-and-order supporter of capital punishment is enduring from opponents of gay "marriage" the very complaints of "judicial activism" he has worked so hard to avoid during his 17 years on the high court and 34 years as a California judge.
He will likely have to mount an aggressive and expensive campaign to retain his seat in the 2010 election.
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